Community Action For Rural Development Society (CARDS) is a Non-Governmental, Social service organization.CARDS development activities are centered around the downtrodden and oppressed people of backward villages in Gingee, Memalayanur and Vallam Blocks of VillupuramDistrict, Tamil Nadu

2. REGISTRATION PARTICULARS :
Registered under the
Tamil Nadu Societies
Registration Act 27 of 1975.
Registration No : 98 /2003

3. Address :
68D, Adhil Complex,
Gandhi Bazaar,
Gingee - 604 202,
Villupuram Dist.
Tamil Nadu, India.
website: www.cardsngo.org
Email : ardsngo@yahoo.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/
CARDS-NGO/154337061290560

4. COMMUNITY ACTION FOR RURAL
DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY - CARDS
Community Action For Rural Development Society
(CARDS) is a Non-Governmental, Social service
organization formed by likeminded people of the
deprived community.
CARDS development activities are centered around
the downtrodden and oppressed people of backward
villages in Gingee, Memalayanur and Vallam Blocks
of VillupuramDistrict, Tamil Nadu.

5. VISSION
An egalitarian just social order where
in the oppressed communities final
equal opportunities for development to
voice for their rights and act upon to
achieve the same.

6. MISSION
Sensitizing the most disadvantaged and oppressed
communities to provide opportunities for development,
building awareness to realise their rights and enabling them
to strive for the same.

7. PROJECT LOCATION
CARDS’ development activities are centered around the
backward villages of Gingee & Vallam Blocks of Villupuram
District in Tamil Nadu.

8. STRATEGIES
 Awareness Building
 Initiating & Strengthening People’s Organisations
 Linking People with Support and Resource Systems
 Social Advocacy
 Networking

9. CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CARDS recognise that each child has an inherent right to
life. And the society has the duty towards the development
of the child’s personality, talents and mental, physical
abilities to their fullest potential.
CARDS takes up community based initiatives for ensuring
these rights. The activities include campaign for
immunisation, enrollment campaign, supplementary
education, child labour elimination and special care for
children with disabilities.

10. TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR YOUTH
CARDS excels other institutions by giving efficient Technical
Education for the school dropouts, poor and needy young boys
and girls. It has well versed resource personnel to teach the
interested candidates on servicing house-hold electrical items
and also audio and video equipment.
Every year about 20 to 25 boys benefit from this and become
experts. This training helps the youth for self-employment and
channelize them from going astray. It is taking steps sincerely to
increase the number of beneficiaries in the years to come.

11. WOMEN DEVELOPMENT
Women’s contribution for development form a major share
but they have little resources to call their own. They are
deprived and denied of their rights to life, development,
protection and participation.
CARDS is striving to get them organised into self help
groups and provide a learning atmosphere so that they
become aware of the root causes of deprivation and denial
and take proactive role to secure their rights.

12. LINKING PEOPLE WITH SERVICES
Most of the rural people are non-literates and unaware of the welfare
measures meant for them.
 CARDS as a facilitating body, strives to link the disadvantaged
people with services. The Persons with Disabilities, are linked up
with District Rehabilitation Services,
 The aged and widows are get the supportive pensions,
The widows and parents of low-caste people are assisted to avail
educational sponsorship for their children,
 The small and marginal farmers are linked up with the Block
Development Office for availing agricultural implements and
subsidies in procuring seeds, saplings, fertilizers and pesticides,
 The young people are oriented about the possibilities of going in for
higher education or vocational education.

13. RESOURCES
CARDS profess the ideology that ‘people are the best
resources for themselves’. In this context, it initiates the
disadvantaged people to get organised and enables them to
collectively strive for their development.
 CARDS identify and utilises the services of people who
would work on voluntary basis. It also takes efforts to
mobilise external support from individuals and organisations
within and outside the country.

14. AWARDS
Received Award from National
Integrity Cultural Academy and
State Human Rights Vigilance
organization at Chennai on 24-10-
2009.

15. AWARDS
Received
award from
Citizen Forum
on Human
Rights
organisation at
Ahmadabad,
Gujarat on 28-
02-2008 in a
National meet.

16. LEGAL AID AWARNESS PROGRAM
With the help of Gingee Legal Aid Committee we contacted 4 camps in
4 villages of Gingee Taluk

17. TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR YOURTH
Electrical and Electronics house hold materials service

18. CARDS CHILDREN CLUBS In 5 villages of Gingee Taluk ,we have 5 children
Clubs ,from the programs nearly 300 children are
benefited every year

19. TAILORING TRAINING PROGRAM

20. FIRE ACCIDENT RELIEF
we supported 15 families

21. THANE CYCLONE RELIFE PROGRAM
We supported 3 villages in Marakanm taluk with the help Goonj
organisation, Delhi

22. EYE CAMPS
We contacted eye camps in 3 villages of Gingee Taluk

23. WOMEN SHG PROGRAM

24. ENVIORNMENT AWARNESS PROGRAM

25. EDUCATION MOTIVATION
PROGRAM

26. SMALL CHANGES
30 Villages
10,000 peoples (nearly)
35 schools
35 Palvadies ( Anganvadies)
6 000 pupils ( nearly)
12000 note books
15 truck load of cloths
2 truck load of Toys and we supported Individuals more
We need to continue our service to the needy communities
further, we ask your support by funds, materials, guidance
or Volunteering.

27. Thank you